Happy New Year From the Sucuri Team
David Dede Just a quick message to thank everyone that worked with us during 2011 (clients, partners and friends), and to wish a wonderful 2012 to all…
Blacklist Warnings for Users of the Stream-Video-Player WordPress Plugin
If you are using the plugin stream-video-player, it might be a good idea to disable this plugin for now. The plugin loads a Flash player…
Malware Being Called From Your php.ini File
Is your site infected with malware, and you can’t find it anywhere? It might be a good idea to search outside of your web directory,…
Ask Sucuri: How Long Does It Take For a Site To Be Removed From Google’s Blacklist? – Updated
If you have any questions about malware, blacklisting, or security in general, send it over to us: contact@sucuri.net and we will answer here. For all…
WordPress 3.3 is Out
For all our WordPress users, please remember to update to WordPress 3.3 that was just released. It should be a quick 1-click process in your…
The New (and Old) .htaccess Attacks – Now Using .in Domains
We have been talking about .htaccess redirections for a while. A site gets compromised and the attackers modify the .htaccess file(s) to redirect any search…
Dre Armeda: WordPress End-User Security
Sucuri Co-Founder Dre Armeda did a great presentation at WordCamp Chicago about end-user security for WordPress users. Check out the video here: Dre will also…
Joomla 1.5.25/1.7.3 Released (Security Update)
If you are using Joomla, now is the time to update it. A new version was just released for the 1.5.x and 1.7.x branches fixing…
Htaccess Redirection to Sweepstakesandcontestsinfo dot com
Last week we started to see a large increase in the number of sites compromised with a .htaccess redirection to http://sweepstakesandcontestsinfo.com/nl-in.php?nnn=555. This domain has been…
Timthumb.php Mass Infection – Aftermath – Part I
If you use WordPress you’re probably aware of the mass infection caused by a vulnerability in the timthumb.php script, a photo manipulation script included in…
MyBB web site and downloads compromised
It’s not good when your site gets infected with malware, specially if you’re a provider of software to many. If you are using MyBB (forum…